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Red Thread

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

Red Thread

By Charlotte Higgins

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**BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK**The tale of how the hero Theseus killed the Minotaur, finding his way out of the labyrinth using Ariadne's ball of red thread, is one of the most intriguing, suggestive and persistent of all myths, and the labyrinth - the beautiful, confounding and terrifying building created for the half-man, half-bull monster - is one of the foundational symbols of human ingenuity and artistry. Charlotte Higgins, author of the Baillie Gifford-shortlisted Under Another Sky, track...Show more

Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval

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ISBN

9781910702390

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Red Thread

Format

Hardcover

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